# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akira-nishiguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:41:38.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akira-nishiguchi"
name: "Akira Nishiguchi"
slug: "akira-nishiguchi"
description: "Akira Nishiguchi  was a Japanese serial killer and fraudster who murdered five people in late 1963. The focus of a national manhunt, Nishiguchi's crime spree came to an end in January 1964 when he was identified by the 10-year-old daughter of a potential victim. He was sentenced to death upon conviction and was hanged in 1970."
tagline: "Japanese serial killer (1925–1970)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1925-12-14"
deathDate: "1970-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.109234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%8F%A3%E5%BD%B0%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "西口彰事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Nishiguchi"
    title: "Akira Nishiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Nishiguchi"
    title: "Akira Nishiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Нисигути, Акира"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%B9%98_%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "니시구치 아키라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Nishiguchi"
    title: "Akira Nishiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528367"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump